Chut Loon Chinese Junk Restoration Project

We just started working on a restoration project of a 12 meter (39.5 feet) chinese junk which we saw and purchased on ebay. This boat has been sitting in dry dock for nearly seven years and so we have quite a project ahead of us. We decided it was best to start the restoration from the top down. This boat was built around 1971 at the Sau Kee Shipyard in Aberdeen, Hong Kong. It it built completely out of teak lumber and slept 8. This boat is quite unusual as it has a full upper cabin along with the lower cabin which has the galley, dinnette, head, and two bunks. Forward of this cabin is the V-berth which has an emergency exit hatch and two portholes. The top cabin or what we call the "salon" has two couch/bunks; double sliding windows; three windshield windows of which two can be locked open, and the main helm. Above the upper cabin has an outside deck with second helm. The two masts were in great shape but sails are missing. Will post pictures and update our progress on this beauty as we get going on it.